ERIC ED509789: Apprentices & Trainees: Early Trend Estimates. March Quarter 2010

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by  ERIC

M A RCH APPRENTICES & TRAINEES
2010
QUARTER
Early trend estimates

Introduction
This new publication presents early estimates of apprentice and trainee commencements in the March quarter 2010.
Indicative information about the current quarter is presented here in response to the demand for more timely data. The
most recent figures are estimated, taking into account reporting lags that occur at the time of data collection.
The early trend estimates are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.63, March 2010. Data
are only available for commencements at the national level and have been seasonally adjusted and smoothed. Further
information at the disaggregated level for the December quarter 2009 will be available in the quarterly publication to be
released in early June 2010.
Highlights
Early indications show that:
(cid:132) Trade commencements continue to trend upward from the June quarter 2009, with the March quarter
2010 figure indicating a particularly large increase.
(cid:132) Non-trade commencements indicate a drop in the March quarter 2010, thus ending the upward trend of
the previous three quarters.

Figure 1 Trade and non-trade commencements, seasonally adjusted and smoothed, December 1999 – March 2010
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Data for this publication are compiled under the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical
System (AVETMISS) for the Apprentice and Trainee Collection Specifications, Release 6.0, March 2008. Information on AVETMISS
is available from <http://www.ncver.edu.au/avetmiss/21061.html>.
For terms used in this publication or further detail on the estimates methodology, refer to
<http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2256.html>.

Australian vocational
education & training statistics
Table 1 Trade and non-trade commencements, seasonally adjusted and smoothed, December 1999 – March 2010 ('000)
Trade Non-trade Total
December 1999 14.0 36.9 50.7
March 2000 13.7 37.8 51.6
June 2000 12.9 39.0 52.1
September 2000 12.3 39.8 52.1
December 2000 12.1 41.4 53.4
March 2001 12.2 42.4 54.5
June 2001 12.4 42.9 55.3
September 2001 12.5 43.7 56.3
December 2001 12.9 45.7 58.6
March 2002 14.1 48.5 62.4
June 2002 15.5 50.9 66.4
September 2002 16.3 52.3 68.6
December 2002 16.4 54.6 70.8
March 2003 16.2 56.3 72.4
June 2003 16.2 55.6 71.8
September 2003 16.6 51.7 68.5
December 2003 16.9 47.4 64.5
March 2004 17.1 45.4 62.6
June 2004 17.5 46.1 63.6
September 2004 17.9 46.6 64.4
December 2004 18.1 47.3 65.4
March 2005 18.2 47.5 65.9
June 2005 18.3 47.2 65.7
September 2005 18.6 47.6 66.2
December 2005 18.9 48.2 67.0
March 2006 18.7 47.7 66.3
June 2006 18.6 47.0 65.5
September 2006 19.2 46.9 66.0
December 2006 19.9 47.5 67.4
March 2007 20.6 48.4 68.9
June 2007 21.0 48.1 68.9
September 2007 21.3 47.5 68.6
December 2007 22.1 48.3 70.3
March 2008 22.8 50.1 73.0
June 2008 22.5 51.2 73.9
September 2008 21.0 51.0 71.8
December 2008 18.9 49.4 68.0
March 2009 17.3 48.6 65.8
June 2009 17.3 49.3 66.7
September 2009 18.0 50.4 68.7
December 2009 18.8 51.3 70.2
March 2010 (a) 22.1 49.8 72.5
Notes: (a) The March quarter 2010 estimate is based on an early estimate which is seasonally adjusted (based on data from December 1999
to March 2010) and 7-point Henderson smoothed. Only the March quarter 2010 estimate from this series is presented. The quarterly
data presented to December 2009 have been seasonally adjusted (based on data from December 1999 to December 2009) and 7-point
Henderson smoothed. These are consistent with the forthcoming December quarterly 2009 publication.

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